Catskill Mountains: Yiddish Alps (nickname)
Several area of New York City that had a large Jewish popular were dubbed the "Jewish Alps." "An apartment house section of Brooklyn known as the 'Jewish Alps'" was…
Alphebetical for "c"
Cattalo or Catalo or Cattelo (cattle + buffalo)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: BeefaloBeefalo are a fertile hybrid offspring of domestic cattle, Bos taurus, and the American Bison, Bison bison (generally called buffalo in the US). The…
Caucus
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: CaucusA caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has…
Caviar of the South (boiled peanuts)
Boiled peanuts (peanuts boiled in salt water) are so popular and such a delicacy in the Southern United States that they have been dubbed the “caviar of the South.” The nickname "caviar of…
Caviar of the South (grits)
Grits are so popular and such a delicacy in the Southern United States that they have been dubbed the “caviar of the South.” A 1968 newspaper article stated that grits had long been known as…
Caviar of the South (pimento cheese)
Pimento cheese (cheese added with mayonnaise, pimentos, salt and pepper) is so popular and such a delicacy in the Southern United States that it has been dubbed the "caviar of the South."…
CBGB & OMFUG
CBGB's -- a now-defunct music club at 315 Bowery, at Bleecker Street, in Manhattan -- was opened in 1974 by Hilly Kristal. The club was legendary for its punk rock period in the 1970s, when it…
CBO (cheddar-bacon-onion sandwich)
McDonald's fast food restaurants introduced the "CBO" (cheddar-bacon-onion) sandwich in 2012. The sandwich can be made with either meat or chicken. The "CBO" was introduced…
Cedar Chopper
A "cedar chopper" is literally a person who chops down cedar trees. The term was common around Austin in the Texas Hill Country, where cedar trees grow. A city north of Austin called…
Cedar Hillbillies (inhabitants of Cedar Hill)
"Cedar Hillbillies" (usually in plural, like television's Beverly Hillbillies) is a slang name for inhabitants from Cedar Hills, Texas. People from Cedar Hills have been called…
Cedar Parker (inhabitant of Cedar Park)
"Cedar Parker” is the name of an inhabitant of Cedar Park, Texas. The name “Cedar Parker” has been cited in print since at least 1997. Wikipedia: Cedar Park, TexasCedar Park is a city in…
Celebutante
Paris Hilton is/was sometimes described as a "celebutante." The word is a combination of "celebrity" + "debutante." 20 July 1986, Chicago Tribune, city edition, pg.…
Celery Soda or Celery Tonic (Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda)
Dr. Brown's Celery Tonic was (according to the company) first produced in 1868 in Brooklyn. The Food and Drug Administration objected to its being called a "tonic," and in the 1900s…
Cement Doughnut or Cement Donut (bagel)
Bagels used to be harder to chew than most of them are today. Comedian Milton Berle (1908-2002) claimed in 1985 that he told the first-ever bagel joke many years before when he called a bagel a…
Cemetery Belt (Glendale)
Glendale in Queens has been called the "Cemetery Belt." Glendale began to be surrounded by cemeteries after Manhattan stopped added cemeteries in 1852.…
Cemetery Vote
The "cemetery vote" in politics means dead voters still on the election voting rolls and who show up to vote -- through voter fraud, of course. The term "cemetery vote" has been…
Cenosillicaphobia (fear of an empty glass)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Urban DictionaryZymocenosilicaphobiaFear of an empty beer glassWhen your beer glass is empty and you get scared, its happened to all of us!by Jezza September 22, 2004…
CensorTube (YouTube nickname)
YouTube is an American video-sharing website that began in February 2005. In November 2006, Google purchased YouTube. Some of those who have criticized Google's operation of YouTube (such as…
Center for American Regress (Center for American Progress nickname)
The Center for American Progress is a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization (trademarked since September 2003). Some critics of the Center for American Progress have…
Center for Death and Chaos (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC nickname)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is, according to Wikipedia, the leading national public health institute of the United States. Many people believe that the "D" in CDC…